With Russia and China ramping up joint military operations in recent months, Gen. Kevin Schneider, commander of Pacific Air Forces, said he is keeping a close watch. He and other experts also noted the lessons Beijing can learn from their collaboration and potential limits to ...
The Air Force will flood Airmen and aircraft into the Indo-Pacific next summer for a major exercise that will run for nearly two weeks and coincide with the multinational Talisman Sabre exercise, Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin said last week.
Three Air Force B-2 stealth bombers arrived at Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley on Aug. 16 to begin a Bomber Task Force deployment expected to last two or three weeks. The aircraft will conduct exercises with the RAAF and likely other nations in the ...
The U.S. Air Force is shifting nine extra F-16 fighters to its base closest to the Demilitarized Zone that splits North and South Korea, creating a so-called "Super Squadron."
F-22A Raptors from the 27th Fighter Squadron at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., recently arrived at Kadena Air Base in Japan, bolstering the fifth-generation airpower at the closest U.S. military installation to Taiwan.
U.S. Air Force bombers deployed across the globe this past weekend, as two B-52 Stratofortresses landed at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean on March 22 and two B-1 Lancers landed at Morón Air Base, Spain, on March 24. The pair of ...
As the Air Force embraces the concept of Agile Combat Employment, the service and the wider U.S. military have paid increasing attention to small islands throughout the Indo-Pacific—places like Tinian, Palau, and Saipan, all fewer than 200 square miles, have hosted troops and received millions ...
U.S. Air Force F-35 fighters landed in Brunei on March 1, the first time U.S. stealth jets have landed on the small Pacific Island nation. Two F-35s made the trek from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, to Rimba Air Base, Brunei, a visit that coincided with ...
Two B-52 Stratofortresses from the 5th Bomb Wing conducted a flyover at Changi Air Base during the Singapore Airshow late last week. The BUFFs, currently deployed to Anderson Air Force Base in Guam, flew to Singapore to be featured at the biennial event, which concluded ...
A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber flew alongside three Philippine FA-50 fighters during a patrol over the South China Sea in the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) on Feb. 19.
As part of its re-optimization effort, the Air Force is planning to implement more large-scale exercises to improve readiness. That will start with a major one next year in the Indo-Pacific, leaders said at the AFA Warfare Symposium, followed by still more in the years ...
Gen. Kevin B. Schneider took command of the Pacific Air Forces, succeeding Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach in a Feb. 9 ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii. Schneider has deep operational experience in the Indo-Pacific; he previously served as commander of U.S. Forces-Japan and the ...